Hi, as said in the title, I'm intrested in upgrading the graphic card I have, currently a Geforce 7600 GS, but the problem is, I couldn't find the wattage of my power supply, and I have a prebuilt computer. On google, I have found something similar, but the computer was an earlyer generation of what I have. I still have the stock PSU I had on it but here is the specs:

 

 

 

Computer: HP Pavilion m7580n

 

Processor: AMD Athlon64 dual core 4600+ 2.4 Ghz

 

RAM: 3 Gb (Added another stick of 1Gb from the original 2 Gb, one seemed broken but ended up as just needing a clean up in the connection).

 

Graphics card: EVGA 7600 GS.

 

 

 

Now, for budget, let's say it's unlimited. As for the card, I would prefer in Nvidia cards, since I'm a bit of an Nvidia fan lol. I was thinking of 9600 GT, since there's HDTV support I heard and that I often watch tv directly on my desktop, yes the computer's popular name is the media center pc, and I think my current PSU could support it, but I'm not sure what wattage is needed for it. I'm quite sure I couldn't hold a 8800 GT with that PSU.

 

 

 

Thank you in advance, I'm just looking for advice :). Oh, and if it's too hard to understand, tell me, English is not my first language ;).

Bonsoir monsieur Sbrideau ^^

 

 

 

I think you have 300w, but i'm not sure. (saw another one posting a question about gfx card with the same computer you got, stating he had 300watt... But who knows.)

 

Could you open up your computer and check the psu, it should say what wattage it has. (remember, no statics)

 

If you have the note/recipe from when you bought it, it should be on there too (amongst which parts it has).

 

 

 

Au revoir.

if you've got a 7600 gs, you're probably sitting on a 430-500 watt.

Well, it was originally a 7300 LE :P. But I went for a check on Newegg (even if I'm in Canada) and found my computer (I like their search system), and yes, it seems it's a 300W. I don't think this can power a 9600 GT though.

Well, it was originally a 7300 LE :P. But I went for a check on Newegg (even if I'm in Canada) and found my computer (I like their search system), and yes, it seems it's a 300W. I don't think this can power a 9600 GT though.

 

 

 

There's no way it would. You will need to upgrade your psu also. I don't even know how it's powering that 7600.

My little brother's PC is running a 300-350w and powering a 7900GS... not sure how in the hell it's doing it though. :lol:

 

 

 

But yeah, no way it'd handle a 9600GT. I'd recommend a 550w or so.

Lol I guess HP chooses good PSUs if I can run a 7600 on that PSU :P.

 

 

 

Also, what are good brands for PSUs?

 

 

 

Thank you very much guys.

I like my thermaltank 550w, has served me well under Overclocks.

I have a Corsair 650w, i have no complaints. The 8800GT requires at least a 400w so judge by that, and factor in all your system fans and stuff.

My OCZ 700W power supply is a little loud (not unbearably) but really well-built and was a pretty good buy for the price.